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Tasplan and RBF to merge

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... announced by Treasurer Peter Gutwein today. In the letter Scullin outlines the single super fund will replace RBF as the default fund for Tasmania's public sector employees and support the growth of the financial services industry in Tasmania. The letter ...

ASIC issues digital disclosure guidance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... disclosure statements (PDS) and other financial services disclosure documents will be delivered to consumers digitally as the default option, unless the consumer opts out." Price said this will reduce the costs of printing and mailing for businesses ...

GFC recovery only tentative

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... Hosting the panel event, Media Super chair Gerard Noonan said the immediate payment that was due and sent Greece in to default was reported by a commentator "that it's half the amount Australians spend on pet food." Halmarick believes the Fed (US) will ...

Power in super advertising

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... recognition? "Superannuation is, typically, not a directly purchased product. It is typically either 'sold' or acquired by default when you join an employer. A lot of the advertising we see today in the superannuation space is about brand recognition ...

ACT government fund appoints First State Super

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
First State Super has been reappointed default fund for ACT Government workers following a tender process. First State Super has been the default fund for the ACT Government since 2006, when it was awarded a tender for a period of five years, which ...

Australian market skids on Greece

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... overwhelmingly to reject the budget austerity reforms that creditors had proposed in exchange for loans the country needs to avoid default and a banking collapse. The `No' vote makes a chaotic departure from the shared euro currency more likely, experts ...

Australian Defence Force offered super fund choice

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... will, for the first time, be allowed to join the superannuation fund of their choice. Members will also have access to a default military superannuation fund. A statement from the Assistant Minister for Defence, Stuart Robert said ADF Super fixes one ...

A Greek offer that cannot be refused

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
There's a certain sense of insouciance in the financial markets despite the expected unexpected happened - Greece defaulted on its 30 June deadline to repay the a,-1.5 billion it owes the IMF - and depending on what happens on the 5th of this month ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... $US1.1139 late in New York on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets have mostly risen as investors shrugged off Greece's default, with Tokyo lifted by an upbeat survey on business confidence, but Shanghai's volatile run continued, plunging more than five ...

An ordinary trading day on D-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... economy to ever be in arrears to the Fund." The missed payment, the largest in the Fund's history, is equivalent to a default, in that both imply a breach of Athens' obligations. IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said Greece can now only receive further IMF funding ...